NOBRO RELEASE TONGUE-IN-CHEEK ROMP “LET’S DO DRUGS”
NOBRO RELEASE TONGUE-IN-CHEEK ROMP “LET’S DO DRUGS”
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“…currently one of Canada’s most incredible punk bands…” —Exclaim!
“…driving, stomping rhythm section with wailing guitar solos and gritty, hollering vocals… comes at you
fast and hard. Packed with electric adrenaline…chant-worthy lyrics, these women are challenging sexism
in the genre with their fun ‘get the fuck out of here’ attitude…” —NEXT Magazine
(August 11, 2023) – Montreal new-age punk outfit NOBRO are back with their first single of 2023. “Let’s
Do Drugs” is a tongue-in-cheek romp with crashing percussion, gnarled guitar lines, and raspy vocals. “A
‘dumb’ rock song about getting older,” vocalist and bassist Kathryn McCaughey explains that “it’s about
wanting to have one more wild night, while having no business doing so and failing miserably. Musically
it’s a middle ground between maybe ‘(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)’ and ‘Dirty Deeds Done
Dirt Cheap’ but only the dumbest bits of those songs, distilled into something even more dumb. It’s like
shotgunning a beer then immediately puking on yourself.” It’s accompanied by a raucous music video.
Stream “Let’s Do Drugs” HERE | Watch HERE
The quartet, comprised of Kathryn McCaughey (vocals/bass), Karolane Carbonneau (guitars), Lisandre
Bourdage (keys/percussion), and Sarah Dion (drums), make clear that they aren’t interested in playing by
whatever rules have been set around them. NOBRO is the space where the four women get to take risks
and chances. It’s a place for cultivating power and happiness in a hard, mean world. That means the
stakes are high. “Music is where we lift each other up,” says McCaughey. “I wish it was more like a fairy
tale. We just want this fucking thing to work. But we’re all gonna succeed together, or we’re all gonna fail
together.”
Accumulating years of work, hundreds of shows, and thousands of miles since 2014, McCaughey,
Carbonneau, Bourdage, and Dion have been building NOBRO into one of the most fierce and exciting
bands in Canada. The quartet is riding the momentum from a string of blazing singles and EPs, capped
with 2020’s Sick Hustle and 2022’s Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar. Listeners big and small have been
taking note: Iggy Pop played their track “Bye Bye Baby” on his BBC Radio 6 show, and a fictional band in
the Netflix series The Imperfects covered their songs. Aside from taking their raucous live shows to every
dive bar across Montreal, the band has also toured across North America and Europe with PUP,
Alexisonfire, Billy Talent, Fidlar, and The OBGMs. In May 2023, they opened for Blink-182 at Toronto’s
Scotiabank Arena.
L-R (Clockwise): Sarah Dion, Karolane Carbonneau, Lisandre Bourdage, Kathryn McCaughey
Credit: Daniel Esteban
